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THE LOAN RANGERLAWYER OUTWITS BANKS IN FORECLOSURE BATTLES
NY Post ^ | 022209 | RICHARD WILNER

Posted on 02/22/2009 11:18:55 AM PST by Fred

While the Obama administration battles to keep people from losing their homes, one Florida lawyer said she has a better answer to the toxic mortgage epidemic sweeping the country - fight back against the loan servicers and banks that are improperly pressing the foreclosure actions.

"The loan servicers bringing most of the foreclosure actions in the country don't own the mortgages and have no standing to take away a person's home," said the lawyer, April Charney, who has stopped scores of foreclosure actions in Jacksonville, Fla., where she works as a Legal Aid lawyer.

In essence, Charney has forced scores of plaintiffs in foreclosure actions in Jacksonville to admit they don't have legal ownership of the securitized mortgage they are trying to foreclose upon - stopping the home takeover battle in its tracks.

The strategy has spread virally around the country and now thousands of foreclosure lawsuits are sitting idly - in legal limbo.

"I have one case from 2004 where the bank has not returned to court and where my client now has deposited more money into a trust account than the house is worth," Charney noted.

Charney has held seminars in Ohio, Oregon, South Carolina and throughout Florida to educate lawyers on how to implement the courtroom defense.

At least one Brooklyn judge, Arthur M. Schack, is already using the strategy himself in the courtroom. He told a reporter recently that he denies more foreclosures than he approves. Last summer, 13 of the 14 foreclosure actions that came before him were denied.

"I want to see the servicing agent's power of attorney, I want to see all the paperwork before I approve it," he said. "If the paperwork is garbage, I deny it. If you're going to take away someone's home, it should be done properly."

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bailout; bankruptcy; bhostimulus; citi; corruption; countrywide; democrats; foreclosures; hopeychangey; obama; porkulus; santelli; socialism; stimulus; summers; tarp; taxes; turbotim
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1 posted on 02/22/2009 11:18:55 AM PST by Fred
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To: Fred; rabscuttle385

A corruption at all levels ping to you rabs


2 posted on 02/22/2009 11:20:02 AM PST by Fred (Buy on the Rumor - Sell on the Fact)
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To: Fred

Yeah doesn’t she know that only the banks can use the laws in their favor.


3 posted on 02/22/2009 11:21:01 AM PST by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: Fred

Very smart lady. The banks and mortgage companies played a very dangerous game in their greed, and now are going to get burned ever worse since they don’t actually own the mortgages anymore, and probably don’t know exactly who does.


4 posted on 02/22/2009 11:22:59 AM PST by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin is a smart missile aimed at the heart of the left!)
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To: Fred

This could be the death-knell of the Collateralized Mortgage industry.

And the sooner the better.


5 posted on 02/22/2009 11:24:21 AM PST by webstersII
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To: Fred

sheesh...well if that’s the case, WHO does have the standing to foreclose...and if it’s too convoluted to figure out...why will anyone feel obligated to pay?


6 posted on 02/22/2009 11:26:37 AM PST by Kimberly GG (Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda been HUNTER.)
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To: Fred

bttt


7 posted on 02/22/2009 11:27:24 AM PST by mad_as_he$$ (Chevron 7 will not engage!)
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To: Fred

I’m shocked that someone can oppose the banks. I thought we’re obligated to bend over for them and their pet “the government”.


8 posted on 02/22/2009 11:28:18 AM PST by Tempest (There's a storm coming...)
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In almost every case the servicer has the mortgagee’s power of attorney to enforce the terms and conditions of the note and mortgage. There’s always the chance that documents can go astray and delay the process.


9 posted on 02/22/2009 11:34:57 AM PST by clintonh8r (Bill and Hillary Herpes....they never go away.)
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To: Fred
This is a fine time( per title) for the “Loan Arranger” to worry about those that couldn't afford them in the first place!
10 posted on 02/22/2009 11:35:30 AM PST by Beagle8U (FreeRepublic -- One stop shopping ....... Its the Conservative Super WalMart for news .)
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To: Fred

The fact that so many who are foreclosing on these homes...do not have proof of lien on property....means that there are just as many stupid people in finance/banking as there are in government.


11 posted on 02/22/2009 11:35:39 AM PST by UCFRoadWarrior (The Biggest Threat To American Soverignty Is Rampant Economic Anti-Americanism)
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To: Kimberly GG
and if it’s too convoluted to figure out...why will anyone feel obligated to pay?

I was wondering the same thing. Is my own mortgage so compromised now that I simply stop paying and tell them to stuff it? How do I find out who actually owns it? BofA is the loan servicer, but they're so screwed up right now it's anyone's guess where the actual loan is. How does one find out?

12 posted on 02/22/2009 11:36:42 AM PST by lafroste (gravity is not a force. See my profile to read my novel absolutely free (I know, beyond shameless))
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To: webstersII
Somehow America managed to become a great and prosperous nation decades before "collateralized debt obligations" and "credit default swaps" were ever dreamt of.

It would be great if we could find some productive work for the super geniuses who dreamed up this stuff.

My sock drawer needs sorting, for example.

13 posted on 02/22/2009 11:37:23 AM PST by Notary Sojac
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To: Fred
Hooray!

This whole mess is because of greedy manipulation by banking and financial vampires.

14 posted on 02/22/2009 11:38:29 AM PST by hoosierham (Waddaya mean Freedom isn't free ?;will you take a credit card?)
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To: Fred
You know, I don't have much sympathy for people who try to use the legal system to remain in houses they don't own [and aren't making adequate payments on].

But, on the other hand, a diagram like the one you posted does beg an obvious question: What if the legal system can't determine who owns the deed on the house?

If the mortgage broker passed the mortgage on to the bank, and if the bank passed the mortgage on to some hedgefund, and if, from there, the mortgage passes through several other entities, then how does the legal system go about determining the rightful owner of the title?

15 posted on 02/22/2009 11:39:01 AM PST by KayEyeDoubleDee
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To: lafroste
Is my own mortgage so compromised now that I simply stop paying and tell them to stuff it?

Even if you got away with that you'd never be able to get a clear title in case you want to sell.

16 posted on 02/22/2009 11:39:30 AM PST by SeeSharp
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To: hoosierham
This whole mess is because of greedy manipulation by banking and financial vampires.

Well, in fairness, you can't overlook the greed of the people who took out mortgages they never stood a chance in Hades of repaying, or the politicians who forced the banks to lend astronomical sums of money to various racial minorities who were completely credit unworthy and who [predictably enough] defaulted on their mortgages as soon as the balloon payments came due.

17 posted on 02/22/2009 11:41:47 AM PST by KayEyeDoubleDee
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To: Fred

Just thinking—we should all collect our 13 dollar tax “cuts” and have regional bon fires once a month—similar to Boston Tea Party. It might help to curb inflation more that throwing tea bags in a lake.


18 posted on 02/22/2009 11:43:25 AM PST by RightLady
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To: lafroste
Since I am now a happy renter (sold my house in 2006) I do not have a dog in the hunt right now.

But if I did, I would:

1 Have my lawyer set up a secure escrow account.

2 Start putting my monthly mortgage payment in that account as a sign of good faith intention to pay.

3 Instruct my lawyer to write to the current ostensible holder of my mortgage, asking them to demonstrate provenance; "Please provide me documentation that you have my mortgage note, properly assigned by all successive holders."

Multiply this strategy by a couple of million mortgagees if you want to see some real mortgage reform!

19 posted on 02/22/2009 11:43:56 AM PST by Notary Sojac
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To: Fred

Tee-hee. This is just the first mortgage confusion. Betcha a massive percentage of these properties have second mortgages (those who borrowed 20% down to avoid private mortgage insurance) and credit lines using them as collateral.


20 posted on 02/22/2009 11:43:59 AM PST by Toespi
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